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Dear John,
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In recognition of Fair Housing Month, Race Forward is proud to announce
our new Housing, Land, and Development Project
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(HLD) which will bring a racial justice lens to the housing and
development sector, and provide a network to share ideas, challenges,
strategies, and tools. The HLD project complements the collaborative
efforts of the Housing Justice Narrative Partnership
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between PolicyLink
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, Community Change
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, and Race Forward. These efforts are to ensure housing is viewed as a
public good and wealth building opportunity for communities of color as
current housing and land policy creates racialized impacts that
concentrates white wealth and harms households of color. In response,
housing solutions must be race-conscious to target the most impacted and
benefit the whole community.
Over the next year, we'll be utilizing four strategies to leverage our
recent investments in housing narrative research, community capacity
building partnerships, and expansion of the Government Alliance on Race
and Equity
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Growing Power by building bridges between community-led housing
initiatives and allies in local government
Transforming Culture by harnessing the power of housing justice
narratives, arts, and culture
Transforming Institutions by organizing with racial equity practitioners
in housing and planning agencies to accelerate the transformation of
government and develop race-conscious housing and land use policy
Transforming Policy by advocating for changes in the housing financing
system and development sector
With our partners we've also released resources to support community
advocates and government practitioners in their push for equitable
housing and land policies.
The recently released tools include:
Housing as a Basic Human Need: A Messaging Guide for Housing Justice
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The PolicyLink Housing Justice Narrative Toolkit
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GARE's Advancing Racial Equity in Housing, Land, and Development Toolbox
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Housing justice is the process and outcome of establishing a housing
system in which housing is a public good and human right –– and
therefore, everyone has access to affordable and dignified housing. It
is grounded in an understanding of our country's history of systemic
racism and its racialized housing system and centers on the lived
experiences of people impacted by these systems.
In Solidarity,
The Race Forward Team
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